18-year-old man killed at Worcester party

WORCESTER — An 18-year-old man died after a fight outside a Bailey Street condominium complex early Sunday morning.

According to police and residents, the victim was a party at the Crestwood Arms condominium complex at 121 Bailey St., where a fight broke out early Sunday morning.

Police said in a news release they were called to the complex on a report of an injured person. An 18-year-old man was found unresponsive and not breathing. Life-saving efforts were performed on the man until a Worcester EMS ambulance crew arrived.

The man was taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus and was pronounced dead about 5:40 a.m. The cause of death is unknown, according to the news release. Early reports indicated the man had some type of stabbing injury.

The state medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine cause of death, police said.

"The preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was attending a party inside one of the apartments," police said in release. "There were several people attending the party. An altercation between the victim and another member within the apartment occurred. The argument between the two men continued outside the apartment."

Police said it appeared some uninvited people had shown up at the party.

During the fight the victim was struck with some type of object.

"The victim ran off," police said in the release. "He was found later on by friends on the property of the complex."

Some residents at the condominium complex said it is quiet there, with little police activity. One couple said they moved there because it was quiet.

Another resident, who did not want to be identified, said he didn't see anything but heard screaming early this morning.

Residents awoke this morning to find police tape closing off the courtyard area between a couple of buildings and the back of one building.